Bradykinin concentrations in peripheral venous blood were measured in seven patients with carcinoid syndrome. The diagnosis was based on typical symptoms and raised urinary excretion of 5-hydroxy-3-indole acetic acid; the carcinoid tumour was verified histologically. Two patients were flushing constantly and the other patients had flushing attacks two to 10 times daily. Several blood samples we...

was completely recovered from, and she was quite well for a couple of days. On the ninth day after delivery, her medical attendant found her with a temperature of 105?; there was much tenderness on the right side, and the uterus was much enlarged. On the same night she was removed to the Buchanan Ward of the Royal Infirmary. Condition on Admission.?Expression of face, anxious ; malar flush, wel...

Recurrent pregnancy loss may be a consequence of an abnormal embryonic karyotype, or maternal factors affecting the endometrium resulting in defective implantation. In order to study the endometrial factors responsible for recurrent pregnancy loss, endometrial biopsy samples should be precisely timed according to the LH surge, and the investigation should be carried out in a non-conception cycl...

were administered 48 hr after four progesterone regimens (0, 5, 10 and 20 mg/day for 12 days). Each ewe was inseminated 24 hr later with 0\m=.\15ml undiluted semen (\m=ge\500\m=x\106 spermatozoa). After a further 24 hr, the ewes were slaughtered and the vagina, cervix, uterus and Fallopian tubes were flushed for spermatozoa. The population of spermatozoa in the cervix was highly dependent upon ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and improvement in quality of life using 10 mg and 5 mg daily doses of mifepristone for the treatment of uterine fibroids. DESIGN The research was a randomized double-blind clinical study undertaken at the Eusebio Hernández Hospital in Havana, Cuba. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy subjects with symptomatic uterine fibroids took one da...

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in flushings from oviducts and uterine horns of 8 anestrous, 5 estrous and 7 diestrous bitches was measured. SOD activity in oviductal fluid in estrous bitches was significantly higher than that in anestrous and diestrous bitches (P<0.01). SOD activity in uterine fluid of diestrous bitches was, however, significantly higher than that in anestrous and estrous ...

Gilts (n = 267) were allotted to flushing (1.55 kg/d additional grain sorghum), altrenogest (15 mg . gilt-’ d-l) and control treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. Altrenogest was fed for 14 d. Flushing began on d 9 of the altrenogest treatment and continued until fust observed estrus; 209 gilts (78%) were detected in estrus. The interval from the last day of altrenogest feeding to estrus...

The antidyslipidemic drug nicotinic acid and the antipsoriatic drug monomethyl fumarate induce cutaneous flushing through activation of G protein-coupled receptor 109A (GPR109A). Flushing is a troublesome side effect of nicotinic acid, but may be a direct reflection of the wanted effects of monomethyl fumarate. Here we analyzed the mechanisms underlying GPR109A-mediated flushing and show that b...

Several nonlethal methods have been developed to determine the stomach contents of fish, including gastroscopes, tubes, stomach suction, stomach flushing, emetics, forceps, and chronic fistulas. By reviewing the literature on this subject, we found that the effectiveness (ability to remove all stomach contents) of the different methods depends on size, age, species of fish, and the size of the ...